Erin Hoy
Erin has been involved in either creating vegetation maps or working on Accuracy Assessment for mapping products for more than 15 years. She has worked on many mapping projects, including mapping the Upper Mississippi River floodplain under the Long Term Resources Monitoring Element funded by the US Army Corps of Engineers and the mapping or accurcay assessment elements of many National
Research Interests:
- Vegetation Classification
- Vegetation Mapping
- Accuracy Assessment
- Using Remote Sensing technology to detect invasive plants
Recent Projects:
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail (APPA) Vegetation Mapping Project
- Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve (JELA) Vegetation Mapping Project
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GRSM) Vegetation Mapping Project
- Mississippi National River and Recreation Area (MISS) Vegetation Mapping Project
- Natchez Trace Parkway (NATR) Vegetation Mapping Project
- Cuyahoga Valley National Park (CUVA) Vegetation Mapping Project
Science and Products
2020 Systemic Land Cover/Land Use Aerial Imagery Acquisition, Image Interpretation, and Spatial Data Products for the Upper Mississippi River System
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Upper Mississippi River Restoration (UMRR) program, through its Long Term Resource Monitoring (UMRR-LTRM) element, is completing the 2020 decadal update of Land Cover/Land Use (LCU) for the entire Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS). Dissemination of the 2020 LCU database will provide a fourth systemic dataset to compare to the 1989, 2000, and 2010/11...
Work with U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service – Reed Canary Grass
Impact of UMESC Science To generate decision-making information needed for refuge managers on how to treat reed canary grass in order to maintain or restore target communities and the wildlife they support.
Vegetation Mapping at National Parks
This project aims to provide a research tool enabling the National Park Service to better manage their resources for the betterment of the American public. Data sets developed by this program provide a structure for framing and answering critical scientific, planning, and management questions about vegetation communities and park natural resources and their relation to environmental processes...
Science and Products
2020 Systemic Land Cover/Land Use Aerial Imagery Acquisition, Image Interpretation, and Spatial Data Products for the Upper Mississippi River System
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Upper Mississippi River Restoration (UMRR) program, through its Long Term Resource Monitoring (UMRR-LTRM) element, is completing the 2020 decadal update of Land Cover/Land Use (LCU) for the entire Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS). Dissemination of the 2020 LCU database will provide a fourth systemic dataset to compare to the 1989, 2000, and 2010/11...
Work with U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service – Reed Canary Grass
Impact of UMESC Science To generate decision-making information needed for refuge managers on how to treat reed canary grass in order to maintain or restore target communities and the wildlife they support.
Vegetation Mapping at National Parks
This project aims to provide a research tool enabling the National Park Service to better manage their resources for the betterment of the American public. Data sets developed by this program provide a structure for framing and answering critical scientific, planning, and management questions about vegetation communities and park natural resources and their relation to environmental processes...